1. American Holland will reroute to Bonaire and Carnival will either add a Puerto Rico or Aruba port call. 2. And as we left Cadiz, Spain, our first port call, more helicopters practiced routines and landings on a vessel just off the harbor. 3. Before each port call, a beach towel is issued to each passenger and placed in the cabins. 4. After being spirited to Russia and charged with smuggling during a previous port call in Russia, the Ukrainian sailors were released. 5. Aircraft carriers have been deploying earlier, operating at higher tempos, shortening leave times and eliminating port calls. 6. But a port call in Japan for cargo ships, whether Japanese or American, costs two to three times what it does in the United States. 7. Cancun will replace Calica, also on the Yucatan Peninsula, as a port call. 8. China has agreed to allow the United States to maintain its consulate in Hong Kong and to continue its Navy port calls there. 9. China announced Friday a ban on port calls in Hong Kong by American Navy ships. 10. Critics say the licensing practices have made Japanese port calls prohibitively expensive for U.S. shipping lines. |